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Your own marketers are giving you a bad name

February 26, 2008

I just got off the phone with a nice Indian-sounding gentleman named Kevin, who was trying to convince me to change my electricity supplier to his company.  He was trying to point out how much my bill has increased in the last few months, and what a great deal he could give me. But I [...]

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Funny Spam

February 26, 2008

Generally, I hate receiving spam. Probably 80% of the email my work account receives is spam, which makes Monday mornings a drag as I sort through my emails. But every now and then, I get one that stops me in my tracks. If you think about it, you could come up with all sorts of [...]

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Christmas and Ugg Boots

November 21, 2007

I’ve probably posted before how Brendon and Mel operate Brandboots.com – a site selling Ugg Boots. Brendon writes on Tailored about how Ugg Australia was driving his Online Ugg Boot Store out of business by providing a higher quality of boot at lower prices, with better customer support to match. From my point of view, [...]

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Another Angle on Phishing…

October 4, 2007

Last night I got another strange email: Dear xxx, My Name is xxx, I am an Software Engineer, and i belongs to Kerala, India.  while i was searching for an article, I just came to know about you through the website www.tailored.com.au , So we both are working in the same field. I would like [...]

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Even if you’re an expert

September 26, 2007

We sometimes forget that even experts must occasionally consult the documentation, lest they slip and fall.

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IE Operation Aborted – javascript issues

September 26, 2007

I’ve been battling for a while now with a certain bug on a certain site. I don’t see this bug anywhere else, and I wasn’t able to figure out what the issue was. I eventually (trial and error) narrowed it down to some javascript. If I removed the script, the site worked. (Minus the scripted [...]

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SEO – Poor Public Relations

September 6, 2007

Reading over Digg, as I sometimes do, I found this submission on Building a Niche Minisite. The first few comments imply something scary to me. …it’s SEO, which are the scum of the earth, just behind spammers. [Above] comment is over generalized but SEO’s are known to hurt the internet experience time and time again. [...]

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Spam – now with social engineering

September 6, 2007

Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of spam along the lines of: Subject: man, who filmed this thing? If your dad sees this video you made, he is going to kill you. Go look at it: http://www.youtube.com/…… Then the youtube link goes off to a IP-based website, no doubt to install some spyware or something. [...]

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Google Sued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

July 13, 2007

The ACCC has an important role in Australia: The ACCC promotes competition and fair trade in the market place to benefit consumers, business and the community. It also regulates national infrastructure services. Its primary responsibility is to ensure that individuals and businesses comply with the Commonwealth competition, fair trading and consumer protection laws. It serves [...]

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